Page 23 - RSB Annual Report 2019 English Final

2019 was the RSB’s ESCO accreditation scheme’s sixth year of seeking to increase trust in Dubai’s energy services market and support the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy’s Demand Side Management strategy targets. The scheme has By year end there was a total of 31 accredited ESCOs and 19 accredited Energy Auditors. Of the ESCOs nine were fully accredited and 22 provisionally accredited. 23 ESCOs were accredited over the course of the year, five of which were given full accreditation and the remaining eighteen accredited provisionally on a first or renewal basis. Moreover, four Energy Auditors were accredited. To monitor the success of the scheme and the development of the sector, we continue to collect in-depth project data from accredited companies on an annual basis. This data is analysed and reported in summary form to TAQATI, which acts For 2019 accredited ESCOs reported a total of 248 projects, 75 of which were newly reported in that year. These new projects had associated investment of AED286 million, bringing the total investment in the sector to AED934 million since 2014(1). 22 of the projects reported in 2018 were dropped from 2019’s savings figures as the ESCOs responsible for them ceased reporting on them. These projects had targeted 28 buildings, 31GWh of energy savings and 9MIG of water savings. Their investment value continues to be included in cumulative investment figures. (1) Figures are for projects reported by accredited ESCOs in the emirate of Dubai. Historic figures are subject to the year of reporting of them to the RSB by the accredited ESCO. steadily built interest from both service providers and users, with more ESCOs seeking the accreditation mark and more clients looking to work with those who hold it. Similar success has marked the RSB’s Energy Auditor accreditation scheme. accredited ESCOs 9 fully accredited Annual Report 2019 22 provisionally accredited as programme manager for Dubai’s demand-side management programmes. Our own analysis of the information we collect allows us to observe performance by individual ESCOs and performance of the sector in aggregate. 250 200 150 100 50 0 248 14 37 23 14 79 44 35 135 58 77 175 40 135 75 151 22 2014 2015 Retired Projects 2016 2017 New 2018 2019 Existing Figure 4 RSB 23 Projects